Dreams

[Jerry Butler]

And I brought, and I brought

And I brought dreams, dreams, dream

And I brought you all my dreams

It's 'cause I love you

I love you, I love you

Aah

I woke up out that coma 2001

'Bout the same time, Dre dropped 2001

Three years later the album is done

Aftermath presents: Nigga Witta Attitude, Volume One

Rap critics politickin, wanna know the outcome

Ready to Die, Reasonable Doubt and Doggystyle in one

I feel like 'Pac after the Snoop Dogg trial was done

Dre behind that G series and All Eyez on Me

I watched the death of a dynasty, so I told Vibe Magazine

Workin' with Dr. Dre was a (dream)

I had visions of makin' a classic, then my world turned black

Like I was starin' out of Stevie Wonder's glasses

It's kinda hard to imagine, like Kanye West

Coming back from his fatal accident to beat making and rapping

But, we the future, Whitney Houston told me that

And it's gon' take more than a bullet in the heart to hold me back

Blushin' in this 40 ounce, lettin' the ink from my pen bleed

Cause Martin Luther King had a (dream)

Aaliyah had a (dream), Left Eye had a (dream)

So I reached out to Kanye and (I brought you all my dreams)

(Cause I love you, I love you, I love you)

I had dreams of fuckin' a R&B bitch like Mya

When I saw that ass on the front of that King

Read the article in the magazine, she loved gangsters, loved nasty things

So I'm in the glass house having nasty dreams

Good girls never give it up

But anything is possible, if 50 fucked Vivica

Hurdled life's obstacles, found my way through the maze

Then joy turned to pain like Frankie Beverly and Maze

Used to dream of being Unsigned Hype

'Til I was crushed by Dave Mays, almost let my pen fall asleep on the page

Daydreamin' yesterday, dozin' off backstage

I thought I saw Eazy talking to Jam Master Jay

So I walked over, heard Jam Master say

It's a hard knock life, then you pass away

They say sleep is the cousin of death, so my eyes wide open

Cause a dream is kin to your last breath

Blushin' in this 40 ounce, lettin' the ink from my pen bleed

Cause Martin Luther King had a (dream)

Aaliyah had a (dream), Left Eye had a (dream)

So I reached out to Kanye and (I brought you all my dreams)

(Cause I love you, I love you, I love you)

The dream of Huey Newton, that's what I'm livin' through

The dream of Eric Wright, that's what I'm givin you

Who walked through the White House without a business suit

Compton hat, jheri curl drippin on Ronald Reagan's shoes

Gave Mike Lem my demo, came here to pay my dues

Started off with Whoo Kid, then I start blazin' Clue

It was all a dream like Big said it'd be

Don't sleep on me homey, I bring nightmares to reality

Rap phenomenon, defyin' the rules of gravity

Studied all the classics, start revisin' my strategy

Cause Marshall Mathers made it, Curtis Jackson made it

Head in the clouds, wonderin' where the hell Marvin Gaye went

How do I say this? I'm livin' for my son

But I can't figure out, why I'm at my temple with this gun

Wake up to a Jesus piece, like a catholic nun

The war to be a rap legend has just begun

Blushin' in this 40 ounce, lettin' the ink from my pen bleed

Cause Martin Luther King had a (dream)

Aaliyah had a (dream), Left Eye had a (dream)

So I reached out to Kanye and (I brought you all my dreams)

(Cause I love you, I love you, I love you)

[The Game + Jerry Butler]

This song is dedicated to Yetunde Price

The sister of Venus and Serena Williams

Who was slain during a gang shootout in Compton

Sunday, September 14th, 2003: rest in peace

I brought you all my dreams

Cause I love you, I love you, I love you

I-igh love you